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> And you rarely see libertarians here in Canada. I think that is because your provinces have actual positive jurisdictions of sovereignty, as opposed to the v
by einhverfr 13y ago
> And you rarely see libertarians here in Canada.
I think that is because your provinces have actual positive jurisdictions of sovereignty, as opposed to the very weak protections our states have.
> For all its warts, our government mostly works: healthcare is pretty good, education is pretty good, regulations are generally not onerous, taxes are pretty low, crime is pretty low, etc.
For example, there is no "Canadian Health Care System." Rather there is some federal money that goes to provinces as long as they don't do anything horribly out of line, and the provinces get to set up their own systems.
- redthrowaway 13y agoProvinces have far less power than states do, at least on paper. The reason education and healthcare is run at the provincial level is because the federal government decided to do it that way as a cost-saving measure. If they decided to change it back, the provinces would just have to suck it up and go along for the ride. Just look at equalization payments for an indication of how little power provinces have.